ALUM CREEK DOG PARK

This great dog park was built through a partnership with the AlumCreekState Park and a volunteer group, Friends of Alum Creek Dog Park.

The project began in 2004 as the idea of Denis Buehler, an AlumCreekState Park employee. He reached out to the community for help in making this idea become reality. In Oct 2004 the volunteer Friends Group formed and immediately began designing the dog park & fundraising.

Volunteers began building the dog park in Sept 2005 & worked for 12 Saturdays, thru Nov 2005. Work resumed in the spring of 2006.

Thanks to countless volunteer hours, the dog park opened on June 3, 2006. It has grown in popularity and in 2008 approximately 300,000 people visited. (we know because of a traffic counter)

As a user of this dog park, we invite you to join the volunteer Friends Group and help us with ongoing maintenance work, monthly cleanups, improvement projects, special events and fundraising.

7. Prong, pinch, spiked or choke collars -Other dogs can get their teeth caught in a choke collar when playing and cause injury to themselves and the dog wearing the collar. A prong or pinch collar may get caught up on a fence and will be painful if pushed into the dog's neck during play.

8. Fishing in the dog swimming area

9. Humans swimming in the dog swimming area

Please comply with all the guidelines. The privilege of keeping the DogPark open depends on responsible behavior by all users.

AlumCreekDogPark is a wonderful place for you and your dog(s), but it takes a lot of volunteer hours to keep it beautiful and clean. All it takes to maintain this great facility is for everyone who uses the park to spend just a little time helping to maintain it. Here's how you can help:

Anytime Opportunities

Pick up stray poops as you watch your dog(s) have fun and play

Bring plastic grocery bags to fill the containers placed around the park

During the late summer/fall - pick up apples that have fallen to the ground and toss them into the woods (the deer will eat them, the dogs do not need them!)

Pick up broken toys and throw them out so dogs do not get hurt

Pick up stray trash both inside and outside of the fenced play areas and at the dog beach

Regular Activities

Want to meet a really nice group of people who have similar interests (we all LOVE our dogs!)? Come to the monthly clean up held the last Saturday of every month. We meet between 9am until around noon (come when you can, stay only as long as you can) and work on improvement projects around the park. Everyone is welcome (including your dog!).